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InDC Comics ’ seminal graphic novel , The Killing Joke , byAlan Mooreand Brian Bolland , Batman ’s impish - nemesis , Joker , took it upon himself to prove that “ one sorry daytime ” could give away a person , namely the GCPD’sJames Gordon . And now , decades after the fact , DC has finally explored the fourth dimension just after that infamous story ended , and how its brute outcome shaped the Gordon family forever .
see inThe Joker # 10 , by Matthew Rosenberg , James Tynion IV , and Francesco Francavilla , this issuing flash back to a time post - Killing Jokewhen the Gordons were still pick up the pieces of Joker ’s brutal attack on their home . Shooting and paralyse Barbara Gordon while psychologically torturing , humiliating , and tearing down her Fatherhood , James Gordon , Joker break the Gordons in a way that they are clearly still go back from when this issue lead off .
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possibility with Barbara getting frustrated as she learns the trials and errors of coping with her handicap , this post - sidesplitting Jokeversion of the character has yet to deform her perceived weakness into one of her keen strengths , as seen in her later appearances as the confidant tech - whiz appoint Oracle . And as Jim seek to avail Barbara , she lashes out , calling herself “ broken , ” adding that Joker , “ … broke me . And he break you too . But I ’m the only one around here willing to see that , ” demonstrate fans a pair ofBat - Familymembers whose recent painfulness has cut a wide swath of aroused and forcible convulsion across their lives , infect everything they say and do .
hold out on to follow Gordon as he arrives at GCPD headquarters , this issue shows that Jim is not actively working at the moment , and as he adjudicate to get back on the clock , is told that the only manner he ’ll be able to do so is with permission from the Mayor ’s Office as he ’s been order on psychiatric leave in the consequence of Joker ’s torture . get back home only to be greeted by his ex-husband - married woman and young son , James Jr. , it ’s relay to Jim that James Jr. has been , “ … ghost with this man . This comedian person who anguish you , ” give away that James Jr. ’s future as a ruthless serial killer began to manifest when first idolizing the regretful Gotham villain of them all , Joker .
Finishing things out with a brief sojourn from the notoriously emotionally cumbersome Batman as he checks in on Gordon in a amazingly heartwarming way , and it ’s good to say that the events ofThe Killing Jokehurt Jim and his family in ways that are more heavily - hitting and upsetting than fans initially take in . Not only that , but draw James Jr. into all of this to portend a fate that redact himin league with Joker , and you have a perfect coda story to a graphical novel that acts as a definitive second in these bat - characters ’ pasts while show the very beginning of a hard journeying each will take to become who they are in the future .
Finally getting to see what happens afterThe Killing Jokeis undoubtedly a extremely anticipated yet tough anovulatory drug for fans to swallow , as the ramification of that story are more affecting than expected , specially for the Gordon family . Jokerstill plagues the characters to this day , and as this issue ’s — andThe Killing Joke ’s — brutal event show , it take a whole band for someone to get past the mental and strong-arm strain of being targeted by theClown Prince of Crime .
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